(Thread) Incestuous thoughts in Hindu literature
1. In Valmiki Ramayana, Sita accuses Laxmana of following her to jungle w intent of coveting her valmikiramayan.net
Vyasa Mahabharata describes the same incident thus:
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'The object which thou, O fool, cherishest in thy heart, shall never be fulfilled!'
Vyasa Mahabharata describes the same incident thus:
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'The object which thou, O fool, cherishest in thy heart, shall never be fulfilled!'
2. Krishna's adolescent son Pradyumna was touched inappropriately by Mayadevi who practically raised him since he was a baby—a woman older than his own mother Rukmini. He says "Why do u indulge in feelings so unbecoming of a mother?" He later marries her. Vishnu Purana Harivamsa:
3. Krishna's son Pradyumna to his mother who raised him: "O mother, your attitude has changed. You are overstepping the proper feelings of a mother and behaving like a lover." [ Srimad Bhagavatam 10.55.11 ]
4. When Krishna's long lost son Pradyumna returned to Dwaraka, women folk mistake him for Krishna, and even after knowing that he's the son of Krishna, the women in Krishna's palace, who are mothers to him, privately had sexual feelings for him. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.55.40 :
5. According to the Rig Veda, The world's first humans were twin siblings Yama & Yami [Yamuna]. (Yima & Yami in Iranian mythology.) Yama becomes the first mortal. Heartbreaking, incestuous love of Yami for her twin brother Yama in Rigveda (Book 10 Hymn 10):tibetanart.com
![5. According to the Rig Veda, The world's first humans were twin siblings Yama & Yami [Yamuna]....](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT5enMvUQAABoNI.jpg)
6. In the Puranic literature, #Sarawati is often depicted as wife of Brahma. Brahma created #Saraswati (Satarupa) from his own body, and she considered him her father and felt embarrassed when he gazed her amorously with his 5 heads. Brahma Purana account:
7. Matsya Purana: Brahma created #Saraswati (Satarupa). He looked at her with amorous thoughts. Embarrassed, she moved away, to avoid his gaze. He creates 3 more heads (left, right & back). So she left his presence entirely, but Brahma created a 5th head to follow her everywhere.
Per Brahma-Vaivarta Purana, #Saraswati & #Ganga were wives of Vishnu. Saraswati accuses Vishnu of partiality to Ganga. When the other wife Laxmi intervened, Saraswati attacks her. Vishnu cursed both Saraswati & Ganga to be rivers and gave them away as wives to Brahma & Shiva resp
Yama and Yami are the Adam and Eve of Aryan mythology
In the Iranian branch the twin siblings consummate their incest. In the Indo-Aryan/Rigvedic branch they don't. Enter Manu. (Puranic Flood/Creation Myth similar to Sumerian Gilgamesh and Semitic Noah..)
In the Iranian branch the twin siblings consummate their incest. In the Indo-Aryan/Rigvedic branch they don't. Enter Manu. (Puranic Flood/Creation Myth similar to Sumerian Gilgamesh and Semitic Noah..)
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